INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY AND IDIOM QUIZ 06
Answers. If you got 10 or more correct, you are either good at guessing or your English is upper intermediate to advanced.
01. In the autumn, in the northern hemisphere, the days.................
A. draw in B. wane C. close to D. come in
02. Inefficiency made the manager so angry, his...................
A. ears moved B. eyes boggled C. blood boiled D. breath steamed
03. He has spent all his life in the business, so he knows the....................
A. way B. systems C. ropes D. map
04. The mother gave the naughty children a good....................
A. telling off B. dressing over C. reprimand D. shouting out
05. I've been so busy, I have hardly had time to draw.................
A. a straight line B. something C. breath D. a short straw
06. There were 30 children in the class, all....................
A. said B. done C. counted D. told
07. I'll tell you................... Let's drive to the seaside for the day.
A. how B. anything C. something D. what
08. It is easy to lose your.................... in a strange city.
A. sight B. bearings C. place D. hotel
09. His training as a paratrooper made him as hard as.................
A. concrete B. steel shot C. nails D. brick
10. He is not interested in anything we can offer him: he has bigger fish to......................
A. cook B. boil C. fry D. fillet
11. Watching his line, the fisherman lost..................... of time.
A. appreciation B. sense C. track D. sight
12. I can do no more: I have shot my....................
A. self B. cannon C. gun D. bolt
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